With the right twang, that blog title could be a country western song. We saw this great review of We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S History on Amazon and could not help belting it out. “My copy has been read so often that the spine had to be taped. For years, every time… Read more »
“many of the [English children]…were drawn away by evil examples into extravagant and dangerous courses…to thee great greefe of their parents and dishonour of god.” –William Bradford In celebration of Thanksgiving, author Phillip Hoose spoke to his local public radio station, MPBN, about the Pilgrim’s motivation to leave their adopted Holland because of their worry… Read more »
Phillip Hoose talks about the inspiration for Its Our World Too! and We Were There Too! with the grand folks at AdLit.org.
Pleased that Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice and We Were There Too: Young People in U.S. History are included in the University of Delaware’s Freedom Project: Teaching American History program this year. Phil Hoose will be speaking to educators there on July 26, 2011. The goals of the TAH Freedom Project are (1) increased teacher… Read more »
As spring training season arrives, I was pleased to speak with MPBN‘s Irwin Gratz about the two youngest pro baseball players ever. Two 15-year-old baseball players –Joe Nuxhall and Anna Meyer–who got their professional start during World War II are among the young people featured in my book, We Were There Too: Young People in… Read more »